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Final Lesson: Touch Grass!
Welcome to the final installment of niji academy! You’ve done well following the lessons so far. This is the last lecture. It’s about how to find your own style.
Lesson 7: The Art (of Persuasion)
Introducing… the world’s most powerful concept (can you guess?) A hot girl.
Study 7: 5.5 Hour Drawing
For our final project, you will be taking the pieces you’ve been building all semester, and turning it into a simple finished painting!
Study 6: Character Turnaround
In this study, you’ll be doing a character turnaround by using a character shape reference and a motif reference.
Lesson 6: Jesus (Fanart)
One of the core tenents of this class is that you should only draw pictures you like. It takes so long to learn how to draw well, you need a special kind of fervor and zealotry to fuel you.
Study 5: Simple Lighting
This study combines what we practiced in studies 2 and 3 together! Today, we’ll be combining an ambient occlusion map with a color key.
Lesson 5: Let there be (dynamic lighting, 8k, rendered in octane)
Associated study here: 🛋️ Study 5: Simple Lighting
Lesson 4: The Multiple Dimensions (of Art)
For the next part of this course, we will teach you how to use those measurements to compose your own drawings.
Study 4: Paper Dolls
From this exercise forward, you’ll be practicing how to remix and rearrange the elements you have identified, to make something that is truly unique.
Lesson 3: Color (The Greatest Lie)
As we will revisit time and time again in this course: art is not about reality, it’s about telling the Truth.
Study 3: Color Key
The goal of this study is to produce a color key: an atmospheric color map of a drawing.
Lesson 2: The Terminator (Line)
The Study for this lesson can be found here: ✒️ Study 2: Notan
Study 2: Notan
"Notan" is a Japanese word for "light-dark harmony." Artists use "notan studies" to try out different arrangements of light and dark in a painting without worrying about colors, textures, or small details.
Study 1: Measuring With Your Eyes
Niji Academy is an experimental program designed to help you learn drawing faster, using Niji.
Lesson 1: Fundamentals of Measurement and Abstraction: The Theory of (How to Draw) Everything
In this class, instead of focusing on how to draw specific subjects, we’ll be teaching you how to teach yourself, with some help from niji.
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niji・journey
What is niji・journey?
Welcome to niji・journey, a state-of-the-art AI that draws custom anime illustrations, just for you! A magical collaboration, designed together between brilliant minds at Spellbrush & Midjourney. Whether you’re looking for a cute chibi character or a dynamic action scene, niji・journey can bring your vision to life. We can’t wait to see what you create!
Where can we find you?
If you’re an AI researcher and you love anime, please shoot us an email over at [email protected].
Otherwise, if you're talented and on the job market, you can find other open positions on our careers page.
For commercial inquiries and studio licensing, please contact [email protected].